Panjab University students get insurance coverOctober 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - More than 10,000 students at the Panjab University here got an insurance cover of Rs.200,000 at a petty premium of Rs.50 per year after the varsity signed an agreement with a private insurance company, an official said Monday. As per the agreement, every student will pay an annual premium of Rs.50 and the insurance will cover the hospitalisation charges, accidental risks, among others.
Curriculum will teach students in 7 states about 9/11, aims to connect attacks to presentSeptember 8th, 2009 New program will teach students about 9/11NEW YORK — Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined Sept. 11 family members and college professors on Tuesday at a hotel blocks from the World Trade Center site to unveil a plan to teach middle and high school students about the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Warning, bad grades ahead: Purdue system gives students yellow, red lights if they fall behindSeptember 8th, 2009 Purdue system gives students quick grades feedbackWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new feedback system at Purdue University shows students red, yellow and green lights — just like traffic lights — to predict whether their efforts in class are enough to earn good grades.
US Department of Energy awards nearly $300M for 25 cost-sharing alternative fuel projectsAugust 28th, 2009 US DOE gives nearly $300M for alt. fuel projectsSEAL BEACH, Calif.
At Singularity University, first graduates aim to change world with technologyAugust 28th, 2009 At Singularity University, tech is seen as saviorMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Chatter about ensuing plans permeates any graduation, though it's not common for the talk to surround which class projects will receive venture capital funding.
New option for students fed up with textbooks costs: Rent directly from publisherAugust 13th, 2009 College textbook publisher will lend to studentsA college textbook publisher says it will be the first in the industry to rent books directly to students. Stamford, Conn.-based Cengage (SEN'-gage) Learning says it will cost 40 percent to 70 percent less than the suggested retail price.
US embarrassment: Exchange students in Pa. underfed, lived in filth; federal reforms demandedJuly 16th, 2009 Exchange students in Pa. underfed, lived in filthSCRANTON, Pa.
'Large scale migration in India a cause for concern'July 14th, 2009 PANAJI - Social tensions arising due to large scale migration from less developed to better developed regions rank high on the list of concerns of the commission on centre-state relations, says commission chairman and former chief justice of India Madan Mohan Punchhi. Punchhi is chairing the western region's two-day consultation that began here Monday.
'Large-scale migration cause of social tensions in India'July 14th, 2009 PANAJI - Social tensions arising due to large-scale migration from less developed to better developed regions of India rank high on the list of concerns of the Commission on Centre-State Relations, says the body's chairman and former chief justice of India Madan Mohan Punchhi. Punchhi is chairing the commission's two-day consultation in the western region, that began here Monday.
Haryana to develop 11 new projects to boost tourismJuly 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Aiming to boost tourism prospects in Haryana, the state government has decided to establish 11 new projects under public-private partnership at various places, including famous tourist destinations like Surajkund and Karna Lake near Karnal. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda approved this proposal of the tourism department, during the cabinet meeting here Monday.
Bamboo classrooms - answer to Delhi University's space crunchJune 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - You've heard of bamboo houses, but classrooms? Yes, the idea has taken seed in many Delhi University colleges that are gearing up to cope with thousands of additional entrants amid an infrastructure crunch. "We can't keep waiting to hear from the local bodies for permission for construction.
Punjabi by nature: students lay out red carpet for foreignersJune 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Practising racial tolerance and treating foreign students to some good old Punjabi hospitality - that's how the students of Panjab University (PU) are setting an example amid reports of alleged racist attacks on Indians in Australia. Nearly a dozen students from countries like Afghanistan, Yemen, Canada, Iran and Nepal participated in the lunch Tuesday that was organised by Students' Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), a students' political party.
Free iPhones at Japan university may prove costly for some as GPS keeps tabs on truantsMay 29th, 2009 Japan university gives away iPhones to nab truantsTOKYO — A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class. Truants in Japan often fake attendance by getting friends to answer roll-call or hand in signed attendance cards.
French education minister says protesting university students won't get diplomasMay 11th, 2009 France: No diplomas for student protestersPARIS — France's education minister says protesting students who have blocked universities for months will not get diplomas. Xavier Darcos says just a handful of students protesting against a proposed university reform have succeeded in disrupting operations at several French universities.
Gates Foundation helps Colbert's cause _ not bears, helping teachers pay for student projectsApril 23rd, 2009 Colbert: Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?SEATTLE — Stephen Colbert had an important question for an official with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: "Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?"
The host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" helped announce a $4.1 million donation from the foundation to donorschoose.org at a New York City high school Tuesday. Colbert is a board member of donorschoose, a Web site where teachers seek money for student projects and donors choose which projects they want to support.
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